Composite shoe heel sheet



Aug. 54, 1931.

B. GILOWITZ COMPOSITE SHOE HEEL SHEET Filed Jan. 51, 1930 Yea elktomaqglPatented Aug. 4, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BENJAMIN GILOWITZ, OFNEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-EIGHTH TOv JOSEPH SMITH AND TWENTYPERCENT TO EMANUEL S. STEINBERG, BOTH OF BRONX, NEW

YORK, N. Y.

COMPOSITE SHOE HEEL SHEET Original application filed August 29, 1929,Serial No. 389,236. Divided and this application filed January 31, 1930.Serial No. 424,935.

The invention aims to provide for the manufacture and marketing of aplurality of novel shoe heels, heel lifts or other shoe treads carriedby a single flexible sheet of rubber or the like and adapted to be cutfrom said sheet as needed uithout danger of impairing their shape.

lVith the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subjectmatter hereinafter described and claimed, description be ingaccomplished by reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figs. 1 and 2 are elevations showing the opposite sides of an article ofmanufacture constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 3 is a sectional perspective View on line 33 of Fig. 1.

The unique article of manufacture enrbodies a flat sheet 32 of rubber orthe like, and two sets of resilient tread members 33-34 joined toopposite sides of said sheet respectively. Preferably, the tread members33 are moulded integrally with the sheet 32 whereas the members 34: areformed separately from said sheet and cemented or vulcanized thereto.Both sets of the members 333al are heel-shaped in the present disclosureand any one of the members is directly opposite and of the same size andshape as one of he members 3st. Thus, by cutting the sheet 32 around theedges of the opposed members 33-3 l, a complete heel or a heel lift maybe provided, according to the size in which the article is manufactured.The members 3% are each formed with a central rather large opening 35,these openings extending from the upper to the lower sides of saidmembers and being occupied by wear resisting inserts 36 which arevulcanized, cemented or otherwise tightly secured in the openings andagainst the sheet 32.

By using the heel or lift just described with the member 33 downwardly,the appearance is given of an all rubber heel or lift. When desiredhowever, the devices may be applied in an inverted position with theinserts 36 exposed downwardly to assist in resisting wear. These insertsform effective anchorage for the attaching nail heads, re-

gardless of which side of the device is secured against the heel body.By having the members 33 and 3d at opposite sides of the sheet 32,cutting of the latter will not endanger the true shape of the heel ateither its upper or lower portion, and any portion of the sheet 32 leftprojecting from the heel, can easily be ground oif or otherwise removedafter attaching the heel to the shoe.

The formations 37 as seen more particularly in Fig. 2, are simply smallwebs connecting the tread members 33 and formed by the rubber fillingports which connect the various mould. recesses in which said members 33are formed.

By the novel construction shown and described, a very advantageous andsalable article is provided, yet one which may be easily andinexpensively manufactured.

This application is a division of my parent U. S. application, SerialNo. 389,236, filed Au gust 29, 1929.

I claim 1. In the shoe heel art, an article of man ufacture comprising aflexible sheet, upper and lower sets of resilient shoe tread membersjoined to the upper and lower sides of said sheet and wear resistinginserts inset in one set of said tread members, any of said treadmembers at either side of the sheet being directly opposite one at theother side and being of the same size and shape as the latter.

2. In the shoe heel art, an article of manufacture comprising a flexiblesheet, resilient shoe tread members joined to one side of said sheet,additional resilientshoe tread members joined to the other side of saidsheet, each of said additional members having a central cut-out from oneof its sides to the other, and flat wear-resisting inserts within saidcut-outs and secured againstsaid sheet, any of said tread members ateither side of the sheet being directly opposite one at the other sideand being of the same size and shape as the latter.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

BENJAMIN GILOTVITZ.

